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  • The change up : The Brentwood boys, book 5
    Author:
    Quinn, Meghan
    Summary:

    Okay, that might not be the headline in the newspaper this morning, but it's the reality of my current situation. It all started a month ago when I received a call from my best friend, Kinsley. She'd gotten a new job in Chicago and...
  • The cheating curve
    Author:
    Renfroe, Paula T.
    Summary:

    Best friends Aminah, whose husband cheats on her, and Langston, who is involved in an affair, struggle to maintain their friendship while working to save their marriages.
  • The checkout girl
    Author:
    Zettell, Susan
    Summary:

    It's 1970, and the optimism of Trudeaumania is starting to give way to fears of wage and price controls. In Varnum, Ontario, where the smell of industry is the smell of money, a lot of that money's heading south, just like...
  • The Cincinnati Red stalkings
    Author:
    Soos, Troy
    Summary:

    At an exhibit to honor the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, the fan in charge of the event is murdered. Soon Mickey Rawlings finds himself drawn into a mix of conspiracy, lies, and murder.
  • The clutch
    Author:
    Hoblin, Paul
    Summary:

    In his first game as quarterback for his high school football team, Jordan Bailey Jr. let loose one of the most spectacular passes the school had ever seen. Even though everyone is congratulating him, Jordan isn't sure if he ever...
  • The crossover : Crossover series, book 1
    Author:
    Alexander, Kwame
    Summary:

    Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
  • The damned Utd
    Author:
    Peace, David
    Summary:

    The hugely acclaimed novel of '70s football and the turmoil of the game's most charismatic and controversial manager, from the bestselling author of GB84 and Red or Dead. In 1974 the brilliant and controversial Brian Clough made perhaps...
  • The determined groom
    Author:
    Checketts, Cami
    Summary:

    A broken football star becomes the trainer to an elite female athlete who can't decide if she should tell off the flirty billionaire or fall in love with him.
  • The drop
    Author:
    Ross, Jeff
    Summary:

    Alex’s goal in life is simple: to snowboard all day, everyday. His ultimate dream is to be part of the Backcountry Patrol, an elite group of snowboarders who patrol the ungroomed slopes of British Columbia. But first, he and three other...
  • The extra point
    Author:
    Kreie, Chris
    Summary:

    After she gets cut from the soccer team her senior year, Riley doesn't know what to do. She had the best kick on the team but wasn't fast enough. When the high school football team is in desperate need of a new kicker, Riley...
  • The franchise babe
    Author:
    Jenkins, Dan
    Summary:

    Fortysomething sportswriter Jack Brannon is bored to tears with the men's tour. So he decides to check out Ginger Clayton, the hot, new franchise babe on the ladies' links. Things get interesting in a hurry, as it becomes clear somebody...
  • The freshman
    Author:
    Coleman, K. R.
    Summary:

    As the only freshman to make varsity, Iggy Baptiste is excited to play on his high school's top soccer team. He's less thrilled that his best friend Malcolm is stuck on junior varsity. But not playing with Malcolm for the...
  • The Ice Chips and the stolen cup (book 4)
    Author:
    MacGregor, Kerry, MacGregor, Roy
    Summary:

    The Ice Chips have time travel down to a science . . . almost. After Ekamjeet "Edge" Singh misses out on their most recent adventure, he convinces his teammates to take another leap through time. But when their magic goes haywire, a...
  • The Iowa Baseball Confederacy
    Author:
    Kinsella, W. P.
    Summary:

    Gideon Clarke, like his father before him, tries to prove that the Chicago Cubs played a game of over two thousand innings against the amateur league Iowa Baseball Confederacy in the summer of 1908 even though no one else seems to...
  • The Last Season
    Author:
    MacGregor, Roy
    Summary:

    Now that his hockey career is ending, what will become of his life? Felix Batterinski grew up tough in Northern Ontario where hockey was the only way out of a life of grinding poverty. He got out and enjoyed fame as a hockey "...
  • The late hit
    Author:
    Coleman, K. R.
    Summary:

    With talk of their high school shutting down for good, Busby and his best friend Anton know that it might be up to their football team to save the school. With such high stakes, is it worth it to ignore injuries and push through' Will a...
  • The men in white
    Author:
    Irani, Anosh
    Summary:

    FINALIST, GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD FOR DRAMA In the latest play from Governor General’s Literary Award finalist Anosh Irani, we meet eighteen-year-old Hasan Siddiqui, who lives in a bustling Muslim quarter of Bombay. He escapes...
  • The natural
    Author:
    Kreie, Chris
    Summary:

    Kamal is used to being the top dog on his soccer team, until Justin joins. Justin is what you'd call a "natural". He is talented, athletic, and has all the making of a star. Although he doesn't play like one yet, Justin is improving...
  • The recruit
    Author:
    Coleman, K. R.
    Summary:

    Tessa knows a soccer scholarship is her best chance at going to college. She's the best player on her small-town high school team-but that doesn't mean much in the big world of college soccer. Luckily, her best friend's...
  • The road Les travelled
    Author:
    Fisher, Chris
    Summary:

    A powerful and touching family sports story, as Les Carson, a young man who grew up in southern Saskatchewan and works in Regina, takes a road trip to Toronto to see the Hockey Hall of Fame with two hockey-mad old-timers, his dying...

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